| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2012) 703 final (27.11.12) |
| Publication Date | 27/11/2012 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The EU and Armenia have agreed to move forward with the deepening and broadening of EU- Armenia relations within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework. In this framework, the EU has recognized the importance of enhanced people-to-people contacts. During the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit in May 2009, the EU reaffirmed its political support towards full liberalization of the visa regime in a secure environment, and towards promoting mobility by concluding visa facilitation and readmission agreements with EaP countries. According to the common approach for the development of EU policy on visa facilitation agreed at the level of COREPER by the Member States in December 2005, a visa facilitation agreement would not be concluded without a readmission agreement being in place. In 19 December 2011, the Council formally authorised the Commission to negotiate a readmission agreement between the European Union and Armenia. In February 2012 the Commission transmitted a draft text to the Armenian authorities, following which the first round of formal negotiations was held in Yerevan on 27-28 February 2012. Two further formal rounds of negotiations took place, lastly in Yerevan on 19 July 2012. The agreed text was subsequently initialled on 18 October 2012 in Brussels. The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the signature of the readmission agreement. An accompanying proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the conclusion of the readmission agreement. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0703:FIN:EN:PDF |
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| Countries / Regions | Armenia, Europe |
